Following a twelve-day global tour, Pope Francis declared that the policies of both US presidential candidates are “against life”.
The Pope chastised Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, advising American Catholics to “choose the lesser evil”. On his Friday journey from Singapore to Rome, Pope Francis began his unexpected meddling in the US election.
He called Vice President Harris’s support for abortion rights “assassination” and called President Trump’s proposal to deport millions of immigrants a “grave” sin.
Then, in November, when American Catholics went to the polls, he urged them to “choose the lesser evil”. He didn’t go into more detail. Following a 12-day visit of Southeast Asia and Oceania, the Pope was speaking.
He did not mention Ms. Harris or Mr. Trump by name in his speech; instead, he made specific references to their genders and policies. Nevertheless, he did advocate for Catholics to vote. The 87-year-old declared: “It is ugly to not vote. It’s not very good. Voting is required. One must select the least of two evils. Which one of them is the lesser evil? That woman, or that man? I’m not sure. “Whether it is the one who kills children or the one who chases away migrants,” he continued. They are both opposed to life.”
In order to reinstate the federal protections for access to abortion that were overturned by the Supreme Court two years ago, Ms. Harris has pledged to sign any measure approved by Congress. Trump has declared that he will deport millions of immigrants who are currently in the US and crack down on illegal immigration. He hasn’t said that he won’t establish camps for illegal immigrants to be detained.
There are about 52 million American Catholics in the country, making them a significant voting bloc. One in five adults are Catholic in certain battleground states, such as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The Pope has regularly criticized abortion, which Catholicism vehemently opposes, but he normally exercises caution when commenting on political elections. However, he has previously criticized Mr. Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, claiming that Mr. Trump was “not Christian” during the 2016 election.
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